Novena for Vocations Saturday, June 30th, we are asking everyone to PRAY (for nine days, from June 30th-July 8th) a “Novena for Vocations”. It’s simple: We ask you to simply pray an “Our Father,” a “Hail Mary” and a “Glory Be” every day, along with this prayer: “Dear Lord, we ask you to raise up men and women from our parish to be holy priests, deacons, sisters, brothers and lay ministers. We also pray for your guidance to our young men and women to help them to enter into holy and loving marriages; and for single Catholics who are led by the Holy Spirit to do the will of God in their lives. Dear Lord, we ask for young people at Holy Family Parish who will build up the Church and the Kingdom of God!”This novena will culminate on Sunday, July 8th when we’ll have a seminarian from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and three religious sisters with us at the 9:15am and 11am Masses, and then present for a question and answer with refreshments in Unity Hall at 12:15pm. The focus will be on helping our young people to remember that ALL OF US have a call from God and for them to make sure they are praying for God’s guidance on how to offer those gifts to the building up of the Church and to make the world a better place. This event is NOT just for young people who are thinking about being a priest or a nun, but it is also true that young people may never, these days, ever have a chance to talk to a person preparing to be a priest or a sister unless they attend an event like this….so we are asking everybody to encourage our youth and young adults to be at those Masses that weekend, and to attend the 12:15pm event. No registration will be necessary.